---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt Small Ag Processing From Permit Req."
description: "Exempt Small Ag Processing From Permit Req."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2011"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "North Carolina HB 162 (2011)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WASTE", "AGRICULTURE", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "UTILITIES", "WASTE MANAGEMENT", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "CHAPTERED", "REP. SPEAR", "REP. LANGDON", "REP. MCCORMICK", "REP. DIXON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixon", "Langdon", "McCormick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-22"
last_action: "2011-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e3ddce-f88a-4760-91d1-2ed518750245"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011&BillID=H162&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "fa398b50573490b415d6373ec5e0aec33a7994489a58343e91737948c2912a07"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 162 (2011) — Exempt Small Ag Processing From Permit Req.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H162v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H162v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H162v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H162v3.pdf)
5. **SL2011-41** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H162v4.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dixon — primary (person)
- Langdon — primary (person)
- McCormick — primary (person)
- Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Faison — cosponsor (person)
- Folwell — cosponsor (person)
- Frye — cosponsor (person)
- Gillespie — cosponsor (person)
- H. Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- L. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McGee — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Randleman — cosponsor (person)
- Sanderson — cosponsor (person)
- Shepard — cosponsor (person)
- Spear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-04-19** Ch. SL 2011-41 `became-law`
- **2011-04-19** Signed By Gov. 4/19/2011 `executive-signature`
- **2011-04-15** Pres. To Gov. 4/15/2011 `executive-receipt`
- **2011-04-14** Ratified
- **2011-04-13** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Placed On Cal For 4/13/2011
- **2011-04-12** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-04-12** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2011-04-07** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-30** Placed On Cal For 4/7/2011
- **2011-03-30** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2011-03-30** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-10** Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-03-10** Rec From House
- **2011-03-09** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2011-03-08** Placed On Cal For 3/9/2011
- **2011-03-08** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2011-03-08** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-23** Ref To Com On Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-23** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e3ddce-f88a-4760-91d1-2ed518750245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).